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The aim is to investigate how military conflicts affected agro-pastoralist economies and livestock mobility between Iron Age Israelite and Aramean states.

April 12, 2026PLoS ONEOpen Access

In foreign pastures: Livestock mobility at Hazor and the permeability of Iron Age geopolitical borders in the Southern Levant

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The aim is to investigate how military conflicts affected agro-pastoralist economies and livestock mobility between Iron Age Israelite and Aramean states.
Conducted multi-stable isotopic analyses of bovid teeth to understand livestock grazing patterns.
Analyzed landscape-use strategies around Tel Hazor during Iron Age IIA and IIB periods.
Examined the mobility of domesticated sheep and goats in the context of geopolitical borders.
Findings suggest that herders grazed livestock both locally and in the Golan Heights.
Evidence indicates continual movement of livestock across borders despite military tensions.
Grazing strategies show that agro-pastoralist practices transcended political divisions.

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This research explores livestock movement during conflicts in the Southern Levant, suggesting border permeability between ancient polities.

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Makarewicz et al. (2026) studied this question.

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This research explores livestock movement during conflicts in the Southern Levant, suggesting border permeability between ancient polities.

In foreign pastures: Livestock mobility at Hazor and the permeability of Iron Age geopolitical borders in the Southern Levant

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In foreign pastures: Livestock mobility at Hazor and the permeability of Iron Age geopolitical borders in the Southern Levant

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